Plex Sync BETA

So it’s almost a day now and the sync never triggered, something must be wrong ?

I ran into the same issue as you. After selecting “All Plays and All Items”, I waited about 2 minutes, just in case there was some server-side delay in registering the selections.

I also discovered that disabling the AdGuard and Malwarebytes Browser Guard extensions allowed the “User” menu option to appear. So, you might want to try disabling all your browser extensions and then wait a couple of minutes after making your selections. That worked for me.

I didn’t change any settings on anything related to my port forwarding, Trakt settings, or Plex settings, so I’m not sure what could be wrong between the scans listed and now when literally nothing is different aside from adding more media.

I can see the “User” dropdown despite having my AdBlock Chrome extension enabled, it’s the other settings for “new vs all” that don’t show up except when I initially make the Plex connection. I did try to disable AdBlock to see if that made a difference but upon refreshing the page it was the same experience.

First sync should happen within a few hours (or ideally within minutes). If it doesn’t that means there is a problem somewhere that I need to track down (unreachable server, etc).

The sync settings are only applicable when you first set up your server and configure the initial data sync. Syncs after that are only looking at data from the last sync and forward. This is why the options don’t show up anymore.

This is all done server side on Trakt, so a local ad blocker shouldn’t affect the user menu. If it’s not displaying, that typically means we’re not able to reach the Plex server to query for the user list.

Thank you for your answer. For now, no syncc has ever trigger, so something must be wrong. I tried to resetup everything multiple time but same issue. As I was using PlexTraktSync docker, I dont want to sync everything to avoid duplicates.

Well, If i have those browser extensions enabled, No menu options show up, If i disable them, then the menu options show up. The server is clearly reachable because it’s synced over 5000 movies and continues to sync watched items even after re-enabling them, Very strange.

Secondly, I have an Adult collection and I need to know How would I go about Blocking that adult folder from being Synced to Trakt?

Could there be options to select folders from syncing, Like adult and private home movies collection folders?

I know all my family would be devastated If i accidently uploaded our entire family history to Trakt, Lol.

Ah, so perhaps the name of that field is getting blocked from the browser extension since it thinks it’s ad related or something.

This is a good idea and I will look into more settings to indicate which specific Plex libraries should be synced or not. Adult or home videos won’t be indexed on Trakt, so it will effectively fail/skip since it won’t find a match.

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All skipped items should appear now. It was previously only displaying skipped history items, but it will now include collection and ratings.

I’ve noticed a few things so far that helped me get it working

  1. Automatic synchronization isn’t working properly. To make it work, I leave the server field blank, save the settings, then select my server again. Only after that does it start syncing. Maybe adding a button to trigger a manual sync would solve this issue?

  2. These are my current settings, and with them, I was able to completely fix the duplicate plays issue. It seems the problem is related to the “Watched” option — even when only the “Plex Sync” option was enabled, duplicates were still being created.

@justin What can I do to trigger the sync? Still nothing despite redoing the setup 3 times. Thanks

134 events sent, no data has been synced…why???

Also, I never see the user drop down when I choose my server (Chrome on my PC, no extensions, same with Edge, also Chrome on my phone…never see the users drop down):

This is great to hear and I think would be a great feature to have as it gives the user some safeguard as to what is synced, thanks.

I’ve tried using the Plex Sync but it isnt working for me. I do use my Plex via reverse proxy (https://plex.mydomain.com) but I do also have port 32400 forwarded as well so it should be reachable on that. I’m getting the same as others above…im getting Plex Scrobbler events, but no Data Syncs.

134 is for the plex scrobbler webhook. The new plex sync is a completely different service and the stats would be in that section.

There is no sign of syncing or stats in any section…there is no reason for it not to be syncing.

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I set this up on Jun 8’, it ran as expected until the 21st, then seemed to stop getting updates. I disabled the sync and re-set it up on the 24th and it ran for another couple of days somewhat delayed (picking things up about 10–12 hours after I watched them) and then stopped on the 27th. I’ve watched a bunch of shows on my Plex since then but nothing is showing up.

The last watch it synced was Taskmaster on 6/26 at 11:09pm which was picked up at 12:29pm the following day.

Anything I can do to help you debug this?


Is it possible to help me out? Still no sync after more than a week.

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yendi

Q = Do you see the “USER” option appear after setting the server option from the drop down menu?
A = If not, try disabling any Browser extensions and try again, this worked for me.

Q = Have you set your port forwarding up on your Router?
A = set port forwarding as 32400.

Q = Did you do a complete Metadata Refresh after setting up PLEX Sync?
A = After setting Plex Sync, Open PLEX and do a complete Metadata Refresh and within an hour, the collection should sync.

Hope this helps.

@CodeCart3r thanks for trying to help.

This is what I see during the setup:

This is how it looks after the setup:

Yes plex is exposed on 32400

Yes I have refreshed everything.